01 Proudful, willful, arrogance, meanness, ignorance and stupidity comes to mind in reference to Jesus’ exhortation, “Do not throw pearls before swine, or give dogs what is holy.” Walk on by in search of kindness, compassion, grace, peace, safety and sincerity– knowing that those who seek these things will find them, and join together withContinue reading “April 26, 2022”
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April 25, 2022
01 Where do you find your succor? Where do you turn in time of trouble? Where do you go to “recover from the past and store up for the future”? Traditionally, people have found spiritual support and sustenance in art, music, nature, literature, poetry and the right kind of conversation, in community with the rightContinue reading “April 25, 2022”
April 24, 2022
01 Enlightenment is a flip in perspective. It is changing our mind about what is important. That is the only difference between seeing what’s what and not seeing what’s what. If we are going to see what we look at, we have to be able to change our mind about what that is. It isContinue reading “April 24, 2022”
April 23, 2022
01 Judas took the revelation of Jesus of Nazareth– the stone that the builders reject which was in fact the chief cornerstone, and we toss it into the pile of rubble to be used for ballast for ships with not enough cargo for stable passage back home– Judas took the Word of God Made FleshContinue reading “April 23, 2022”
April 22, 2022
01 Joseph Campbell taught at Sara Lawrence College for 38 years. Each year, he conducted what amounted to exit interviews with each graduating student who had taken his classes. There were a large number of Jewish women at Sara Lawrence, but one stood apart from the others when she said, “Mr. Campbell, if I weren’tContinue reading “April 22, 2022”
April 21, 2022
01 We cannot have a living mythology without a close personal relationship with the Mystery at the heart of life and being. If we cannot honor the Mystery with fealty, filial devotion and liege loyalty, we are spiritually dead beyond the hope of resurrection. Spiritual life flows from what we know without knowing how weContinue reading “April 21, 2022”
April 20, 2022
01 Everybody has a way and everybody wants to have it their way. Everybody has to grow up first, before anyone else does. It is amazing how Tabloid Journalism has taken the country to the psyche ward with everyone having something more outlandishly absurd to say than anyone else. But. Here we are. And aContinue reading “April 20, 2022”
2022-B
This is the parent page for posts during the second quarter of 2022. Hope you are glad to be here! Seeing happens in its own time, in its own way, if we stay out of the way and allow things to unfold according to their own accord– just waiting, just watching, for the mud toContinue reading “2022-B”
April 19, 2022
01 Returning to the silence in a regular, routine, rhythmic kind of way, establishes us in a practice incorporating emptiness and stillness, along with the silence in establishing and maintaining a connection with our original nature and the virtues that are ours from the beginning– equipping us to meet each day’s deliveries in the strengthsContinue reading “April 19, 2022”
April 18, 2022
01 The silent places call our name. Speak to our hearts. With a message from our soul. Shh! Listen! Past sound For what emerges, appears, arises out of nowhere to evoke our action within the field of action with the right deed at the right time, in the right place, in the right way, leavingContinue reading “April 18, 2022”
April 17, 2022
01 Mature individuals are the salvation of the world. We should make maturity– not money– the primary goal of life. My paternal grandparents (Sophie and Silas) were the most mature people I knew growing up, and the list hasn’t gotten much longer over the full course of my life. Everyone seems to be awash inContinue reading “April 17, 2022”
April 16, 2022
01 Knowing where we belong, and what we belong to, and where we have no business being– and being right about it– are important boundary markers for our life journey. Finding our life and living it is also finding our place and staying with it. Knowing what’s what and what’s called for in each situationContinue reading “April 16, 2022”
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